What is this Bio Diesel?????????????????
What is bio diesel?
Bio diesel is the name of a clean burning alternative fuel, produced from domestic, renewable resources. Bio diesel contains no petroleum, but it can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel to create a bio diesel blend. It can be used in compression-ignition (diesel) engines with little or no modifications. Bio diesel is simple to use, biodegradable, nontoxic, and essentially free of sulfur and aromatics. Thus it is a clean burning alternative to diesel as we know it.
How is bio diesel made?
Bio diesel is made through a chemical process called transesterification whereby the glycerin is separated from the fat or vegetable oil. The process leaves behind two products—methyl esters (the chemical name for bio diesel) and glycerin (a valuable byproduct usually sold to be used in soaps and other products). That is easily said than done, even though fairly simple the process takes time to master and give proper yields. The manufacturers of different bio diesel making units claim 100% yield and the like, which actually are just tall claim because the process needs to be mastered and that in itself is a task, their equipment can make it easy but still cant make it perfect. So don't fall for those claims.
How is bio diesel suited for India(in particular Kerala)?
Bio diesel is the name of a clean burning alternative fuel, produced from domestic, renewable resources. Bio diesel contains no petroleum, but it can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel to create a bio diesel blend. It can be used in compression-ignition (diesel) engines with little or no modifications. Bio diesel is simple to use, biodegradable, nontoxic, and essentially free of sulfur and aromatics. Thus it is a clean burning alternative to diesel as we know it.
How is bio diesel made?
Bio diesel is made through a chemical process called transesterification whereby the glycerin is separated from the fat or vegetable oil. The process leaves behind two products—methyl esters (the chemical name for bio diesel) and glycerin (a valuable byproduct usually sold to be used in soaps and other products). That is easily said than done, even though fairly simple the process takes time to master and give proper yields. The manufacturers of different bio diesel making units claim 100% yield and the like, which actually are just tall claim because the process needs to be mastered and that in itself is a task, their equipment can make it easy but still cant make it perfect. So don't fall for those claims.
How is bio diesel suited for India(in particular Kerala)?
- Indian cities are teeming with diesel vehicles
- Bio diesel can be produced on small scales, ideal for India’s rural farmers to participate in– domestic production
- Will keep capital within the country
- Lower fuel transportation costs
- Kerala could have bio diesel production plants more than bio diesel crop cultivation due to high population density and crops can be sourced from neighbors with low population density
- Due to high population density cleaner fuels become even more important
- If at a time cheap input oils can be sourced from other countries Kerala's ports will be of great importance
- Possible use of rubber seed oil(in depth research required)
- Lagoons and Lakshwadeep areas can possibly be used for growing algea that can be used to produce oil.
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